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28 October 2024
Photo: Youth in Rwanda engage in a Q & A session (Creative Commons Attribution)
As I addressed the Fourth International Conference on Youth and Land Governance in Africa (CIGOFA4), I reflected on the critical issue of youth and land access in Africa, which remains a significant barrier to…
7 May 2024
Razina is different. Unlike most people in Madagascar, his skin is pale. His hair is blonde and his eyes are a light shade of pink. Razina has albinism.
He became aware of just how different he was at a very early age. When he arrived at school for the first time, all the other children teased…
19 July 2023
As climate change continues to progress, the frequency and intensity of catastrophic events are on the rise across the world, including the African continent. What were once rare occurrences are now becoming more common, causing widespread devastation. Unfortunately, it is those living in rural…
19 June 2023
Despite being a part of national government planning, large-scale agricultural investments in Ethiopia have not been meeting expectations. Focusing on Gambella region in southwestern Ethiopia, this policy brief examines the reasons why, and proposes three policy actions to improve the situation.…
19 June 2023
Bien qu'ils fassent partie de la planification du gouvernement national, les investissements agricoles à grande échelle en Éthiopie n'ont pas répondu aux attentes. En se concentrant sur la région de Gambella, dans le sud-ouest de l'Éthiopie, cette note politique en examine les raisons et propose…
20 April 2023
This blog post is part of the series What to Read.
As humanity grapples with understanding the causes and consequences of the mounting climate crisis, there can be a tendency to oversimplify issues in a bid to identify solutions. Such oversimplifications have stemmed from a broad-brush analysis…
20 April 2023
Esta postagem de blogue faz parte da série O que ler.
À medida que a humanidade se esforça para entender as causas e as consequências da crescente crise climática, pode haver uma tendência de simplificar as questões em uma tentativa de identificar soluções. Essas simplificações excessivas são…
20 April 2023
Cet article de blog fait partie de la série Quoi lire.
Alors que l'humanité s'efforce de comprendre les causes et les conséquences de la crise climatique qui s'aggrave, elle peut avoir tendance à simplifier à l'extrême les problèmes pour tenter d'identifier des solutions. Ces simplifications…
20 April 2023
Este blog es parte de la serie Qué Leer
A medida que la humanidad se esfuerza por comprender las causas y consecuencias de la creciente crisis climática, puede haber una tendencia a simplificar en exceso las cuestiones en un intento de identificar soluciones. Tales simplificaciones han surgido de…
1 August 2022
Por Simão Hossi
Moradores e aldeões estão sem a devida indemnização.
Estação de Bombagem do Cafú | Foto: Simão Hossi/Global Voices
Em Abril de 2022, foi aberto o Sistema de Transferência de Água do Rio Cunene no Canal do Cafú. O sistema é reponsável por levar água aos municípios de Okwanyama,…
18 July 2022
Por José Eustáquio Diniz Alves
Doutor em demografia
Angola está entre os 10 países com maior perda anual líquida de floresta (diferença entre floresta criada e destruída) entre 2010 e 2020, segundo a Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação, FAO.
No relatório anual Avaliação…
12 July 2022
“Two-thirds of the world’s population have no access to secure land tenure.” Variations of this statistic are commonly cited in the land sector. But where does that data come from? How do we know? The number has been used so often as to become detached from any source. The Land Portal believes…